The meaning of CORRUPT is to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions; also : bribe.

CORRUPTED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of corrupt 2. to make someone or something become dishonest or…. Learn more.

Corrupt is commonly used as an adjective to describe members of organizations or institutions who engage in illegal or otherwise dishonest practices to benefit themselves. It can also be used in this …

To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of, as by offering bribes: "Our politics has been corrupted by money and suffused with meanness" (Peter Edelman).

CORRUPTED definition: lacking in integrity ; open to or involving bribery or other dishonest practices | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Corrupt, dishonest, venal apply to one, esp. in public office, who acts on mercenary motives, without regard to honor, right, or justice. A corrupt politician is one originally honest who has succumbed to …

He's convinced that the Internet is corrupting [= ruining] the English language. Their idealism has been corrupted by cynicism.

corrupted Add to list Other forms: corruptedly Definitions of corrupted adjective ruined in character or quality synonyms: debased, vitiated

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Don’t let your friends corrupt you (= have a bad moral influence on you). If information in a computer is corrupted, it is damaged and can no longer …

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense that is undertaken by a person or an organization that is entrusted in a position of authority to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's gain. …